NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday responded to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge‘s statement about staying alive until PM Modi is “removed from power.”
Addressing a rally in Charkhi Dadri, Singh said, “I respect the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge but yesterday in one his rallies he might not be keeping well and the security personnel were helping him and even then he was saying I will stay alive until I remove Modi Ji from chair.I would like to tell him that maximum age in Kalyug is 125 years. I pray to God that Mallikarjun Kharge lives for 125 years and PM Modi remains the PM for 125 years.”
Kharge had felt unwell while addressing a poll campaign rally in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday. After taking rest, he said, “We will fight to restore statehood. I am 83 years old, I am not going to die so early. I will stay alive till PM Modi is removed from power.”
Singh targeted the Congress party for misgovernance, citing examples from Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka. He mentioned that the Himachal Pradesh government was unable to pay salaries to its employees, while the Karnataka Chief Minister faced corruption charges related to the MUDA scam.
The defence minister criticized the Congress leadership and highlighted the absence of corruption charges against any minister in PM Modi’s government during its ten-year tenure. He pressed on the need for a chief minister in Haryana who is free from corruption allegations.
“Haryana requires a chief minister who doesn’t have even a single charge of corruption against him. Our government is very particular about this and whenever we any information regarding corruption, strict action is taken and we will continue to do so. None of our ministers have any corruption charges against them. Their ministers have been to jail and can a government be run from the jail,” Singh said.